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UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

The Guardian - UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan policy against international law, says UN

The UNHCR said it ‘strongly condemns’ the plan to send migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully, to Africa.

The Independent UK

UN, rights groups alarmed over British refugee deal with Rwanda

The UNHCR and human rights groups have voiced their opposition to a deal signed bewteen London and Kigali that would see thousands of illegal migrants in the UK resettled in Rwanda, or returned to their country of origin.

Radio France Internationale

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UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda despite granting protection to dozens fleeing nation in past decade

Expert warns of immediate concern those being sent to African country could face similar threats to those who have fled in recent years

The Independent UK

UK should stop single men hosting Ukrainian refugee women: UN

UNHCR raises alarm as investigation reveals how single men proposed sharing beds with vulnerable women fleeing war.

Al Jazeera

How to apply for the Homes for Ukraine scheme in the UK

UK government has announced a scheme that would welcome more refugees into the country

The Independent UK

Rwanda's human rights record from genocide to torture - as UK plan to send asylum seekers

The UK government is set to unveil its controversial plans to tackle channel crossings by 'offshoring' migrants to Rwanda. Labour called the plans 'unworkable and unethical'

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Stay or go? Tough choice for Ivorian refugees living in Liberia for two decades

Jealian Didier fled his native Côte d'Ivoire after fighting broke out nearly 20 years ago. The 46-year-old father of five is among some 200 refugees finally returning from northern Liberia, where they've lived since 2003. Others, however, prefer to remain in their adopted homeland.

Radio France Internationale

Thursday briefing: UK may send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Government set to unveil new measures for refugee claimants … Johnson faces more Partygate fines … and Gibraltar’s trash mountain

The Guardian - AU

UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing

Deal to outsource process, described by Labour as ‘unworkable and unethical’, among range of measures to be unveiled

The Guardian - UK

UN agency voices concern over UK's 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) voiced concern on Wednesday over a UK scheme that allows British residents to house Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, saying the programme could be exploited without adequate safeguards.

Reuters

UN agency warns UK not to match Ukrainian women and children with single men

The UNHCR has called for a ‘more appropriate’ process where refugees are matched with families or couples under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

The Independent UK

UK must stop single men matching with lone refugee women under Ukraine scheme, says UN

UN refugee agency calls for ‘more appropriate matching process’ under Britain’s Homes for Ukraine scheme

The Independent UK

Stop matching lone female Ukraine refugees with single men, UK told

UN agency intervenes after claims predatory men using Homes for Ukraine scheme to target vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

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Bangkok Post

Over 4.6m flee war in Ukraine: UN

More than 4.6 million Ukrainians have now fled the war, the United Nations said Tuesday, though the smaller numbers of new refugees are arriving in a more vulnerable condition.

Al Jazeera

‘Here we are beggars’: Afghan refugees languish in Madagascar

A small group of Afghan refugees say they are trapped on African island nation without health care, education or work.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Number Fleeing Ukraine Hits 4.5 Million

The UN refugee agency said the number of people who have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war has reached 4.5 million. A regular update Sunday of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ online portal on numbers of refugees fleeing Ukraine since Feb. 24 brought the total to some…

The Independent UK

Ukrainian leaders predict more gruesome discoveries ahead

Ukrainian leaders are predicting more gruesome discoveries in the days ahead after retreating Russian forces left behind crushed buildings, streets strewn with destroyed cars and mounting civilian casualties that drew condemnation from across the globe

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The Independent UK

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws that forbid the return of people to countries where their lives may be in danger

Al Jazeera

Rights defenders slam Spain’s deportation of Algerian dissident

Spain rejects Algerian whistleblower’s asylum application and hastily deports him despite concerns raised for his life.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel’s plan to criminalise English Channel refugees at risk after peers reject law for second time

Former lord chief justice among peers saying proposals breach international law

The Guardian - UK

Robert Ashe obituary

Other lives: Humanitarian aid worker who helped people flee from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia

Al Jazeera

Rights groups slam India for deporting Rohingya woman to Myanmar

Rights groups say the deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar is a ‘cruel disregard for human life and international law’.

France 24

Ukrainian refugee crisis: Women and children at risk from human traffickers

As the war in Ukraine continues, Europe is facing its fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. With the majority being women and children, there are growing concerns that they're a target for sex traffickers. Annette Young talks to Céline Schmitt from the UNHCR. Also how women villagers in Niger…

Al Jazeera

Creative solutions needed to fight Jordan’s water scarcity

Water scarcity and other effects of climate change impact the vulnerable the most, say NGO workers.

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